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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-amendment-england-regulations-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1252",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-deliberate-release-amendment-england-regulations-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection, England\nMade 9th September 2019\nLaid before Parliament 10th September 2019\nComing into force 29th September 2019\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—\n(a) section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 being a minister designated in relation to measures relating to the control and regulation of genetically modified organisms for the purposes of that section, and\n(b) section 111(4) and (11) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, having consulted the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 126(5) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/755. Functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 43. Subsection (11) defines “prescribed”. Section 126 was substituted by paragraph 18 of Schedule 3 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1252/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}